IAI is conducting a study for the Italian Space Agency (Agenzia spaziale italiana – ASI) entitled: “Assessment and analysis of security-related aspects of ESA programmes, in relation to…
SCOPE is a four-year project (September 2024-September 2028) that aims to support the European Commission in ensuring the coherence, coordination, and visibility of the Global Threats programme of…
The project, which started in September 2024 and will last three years (September 2024-August 2027), is coordinated by Laurea University of Applied Sciences. VIGIMARE will provide an information…
Since 2022, IAI has held every year an academic seminar on Europe’s security, NATO and European defence, in light of the Russia-Ukraine war and considering an international security environment…
The Cluster CBRN-P3 is a network established in 2017. It involves institutional and industrial actors, together with the scientific community, which are active in preventing and protecting the…
Since 2011, IAI and NATO Defense College (NDC) collaborate on several initiatives aiming at stimulating debates on themes concerning Euro-Atlantic security, the role of the Alliance…
This series of international academic conferences - sponsored by NATO's Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and organised by IAI, in partnership with Bologna University - does contribute to a…
IAI has been closely monitoring developments in the defence sector in Europe throughout 2025, in light of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the changes introduced by the Trump administration…
The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), launched in 2022 by Italy, the United Kingdom and Japan for the development of a system of systems centreed on a sixth-generation fighter aircraft, is an…
IAI took part in the interim evaluation of the European Defence Fund (EDF) as a member of a consortium led by Pricewaterhouse Cooper (PwC), which also included the think tanks Institut de relations…
The initiative aims to provide European member states with a study and design of a new collaborative defence capability: an interoperable, resilient and scalable network of responsive space systems …
In the confrontation between powers, space has played an essential role in the past and strategic competition continues to characterize the space environment, perceived by world powers as the "higher…
The project was aimed at fostering regular dialogue between Italian diplomats and international affairs experts, departing from the premise that plurality of ideas and perspectives enriches the…
The helicopter sector is about to make a generational leap forward in military, technological, and industrial terms, which entails both challenges and opportunities for Europe, also in light of the…
This seven-month project for EDA resulted in a thorough comparative analysis of the defence industrial policy across 26 EU States, with a particular focus on the Czech Republic, France, Germany,…
The increasing use of space for security and defence purposes highlights the strategic dimension of the sector. The project analysed the global strategic competition in space and the implications for…
The IAI, as part of a Consortium, launched the SPACEWAYS project. The European Commission selected a consortium of major European launcher and satellite manufacturers, operators and service providers…
Over 2020 IAI has collaborated with Aspen Institute Italia on the project “NATO towards 2030”. It aimed at reflecting on the future evolution of the Atlantic Alliance, in light of both the…
The project is led by ENEA (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development) and has a five-year duration (2019-2024). The Project brings together 15 partners from…
The project gathered six Italian partners of the CBRN-P3 cluster together with the Romanian cluster PROECO-CBRNE. RESIST aimed at the development of high-level technical expertise in operators…
The project brought together six European partners led by STAM. EUProtect purpose was to develop new concepts of urban landscape design, taking into account changes in terrorist threats and recent…
The project has two main objectives:
to increase the knowledge of the Italian next generation and civil society of the problems relating to arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament, with…
In 2019, the IAI has collaborated with the NATO Public Diplomacy Division and the NATO Policy Planning Unit, together with Carnegie Europe to elaborate a report on future prospects of the Atlantic…
The aim of CIVILnEXT is to develop and provide CSDP missions with a platform to manage and control operations – the Operational Control Platform (OCP). The OCP is expected to improve coordination of…
This project aimed to provide fresh analysis on the state of the EDTIB and its possible evolution in light of recent regional and global developments. The research provided a comprehensive…
ENCIRCLE was a four-year project aimed at enhancing the EU CBRN industry competitiveness, increasing the benefits of the EU research and innovation and enlarging CBRN market. The main objective was…
Relations with the administrations involved in security and defence policy
Consulting services, also by means of documents and notes written for this specific purpose, in order to…